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Children face daily dangers in South Sudan as they flee violence across the country. Many families struggle to feed themselves, leaving children vulnerable to malnutrition. Without access to clean water, they are at risk of a range of illnesses leaving them which can dramatically worsen their condition. With the recent announcement of famine in…

Famine hits parts of South Sudan UN agencies warn that almost 5 million people urgently need food, agriculture and nutrition assistance 20 February 2017, Juba – War and a collapsing economy have left some 100,000 people facing starvation in parts of South Sudan where famine was declared today, three UN agencies warned. A further 1…

Joint rapid response team reach more than 30,000 children under 5 GENEVA/JUBA, South Sudan, 28 March 2017 – One month since famine was declared in parts of South Sudan, UNICEF – together with the World Food Programme and other partners – has delivered life-saving assistance to 145,000 people, including 33,000 children under the age of five….

NEW YORK, 27 March 2017 – “All of us at UNICEF are shocked by the senseless killing of staff belonging to our partner organization, the Grassroots Empowerment and Development Organization. The humanitarian workers were travelling in a car that was clearly marked as belonging to a non–governmental organization. “We are appalled that humanitarians working to…

17,000 children recruited since 2013. Thousands more killed, abducted and sexually assaulted JUBA, 15 December 2016 – Three years after fighting first erupted in South Sudan, children continue to be recruited by armed forces and armed groups, with 1,300 children recruited in 2016, UNICEF said today. This brings to more than 17,000 the total…

Juba, 20 November 2016 – Despite enormous progress realized for children since the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989, the rights of millions of children are being violated every day, UNICEF said today as it marked Universal Children’s Day. “Three years of fighting in South Sudan have caused immense…

JUBA, South Sudan, 20 April 2016 – More than one million people – 20 percent of them children under the age of 5 – have now received life-saving assistance from UNICEF, the World Food Programme (WFP) and their partners in South Sudan through 82 joint emergency missions to communities hardest-hit by conflict. As the vast…

JUBA, March 23, 2016 – More than 70,000 vulnerable children and 15,000 pregnant women in South Sudan are to benefit from life-saving UNICEF services as the result of a contribution of US$ 3.1 million from the Government of Japan. The contribution will provide primary health care and immunization services to children while assisting pregnant women…

JUBA 11 March 2016: Humanitarian funding for the world’s youngest country has collapsed, UNICEF said today, putting the lives of tens of thousands of children at risk. Despite an urgent request by UNICEF in South Sudan for US$155 million in 2016 to support lifesaving interventions such as malnutrition treatment, health care and clean water to…

JUBA, 22 February 2016. UNICEF is responding to the needs of children in the aftermath of the violence that occurred inside the Protection of Civilians (PoC) site in Malakal this week. At least 18 people were killed, with children injured, distressed and separated from their parents. UNICEF and partners have provided tents and health supplies for mobile…